[X] Accept the offer. Demand a bit more, such a radius around your mansion where patrols will not pass, but accept and try to make sense of life.
REVENGE: An interwar Germany superhuman quest
- Thread starter DanBaque
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- Historic
CHAPTER 4: Barred
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DanBaque
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- Location
- Occupied Catalonian Countries
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- He/Him
[] Reject the offer. If they want Munich- and if they want it in its current state- they will give you as much money as you can carry and a car to drive out of the country in.
What things the world has come to. You demand something of the German federal government, and obtain it. Within two days you are furnished a state car, offered a chauffeur (you refuse), given papers and an up-to-date passport, and a briefcase full of money in different currencies.
First of all, you choose to go to Switzerland. The trip is a few hours to the border, but you see the checkpoint is locked. On the German side there is a long queue, but you are allowed through as soon as you wave your special papers. You cross a few meters to the Swiss post, fairly roughshod, and find three serious looking men in official-looking dress.
Two of them tell you the border is closed because of the unrest in Germany, and no one is allowed through. This surprises you, and you try to bluster a little and explain that you have special permission. They do not seem interested in your papers but the third one, silent so far, intervenes and asks you to pass them over. He reads them slowly while you bounce Ernst on your hip. Then he shakes his head.
He seems genuinely sorry when he says that the border is completely closed, but adds that it is probably only temporary and should end when everything dies down. That apologetic look saves him the chance of a fight he could not win. Dejected, you go back to your car and drum your fingers, thinking. Still, Switzerland is not the only option. In Austria they also speak German, so you could get a ship- or perhaps even a plane- ticket out of there.
The same happens on the Austrian border. That is quite disappointing. By then the day is close to ending, so you just make the trip back to Munich and 'check in' at the hotel, leading to a dozen servants scurrying out of the building at top speed. Mayor Karl Scharnagl calls you and asks about the issue, and you reply back; he says he is likely on the way out, but promises to try to help. You have no doubt he wants you out of his city, as does probably every other citizen.
Sleep comes easily despite everything because of the exhaustion. What other options do you have, you consider? France and Poland are both out, they are quite hostile to Germany right now and would have no reason to allow you through. Perhaps Denmark, or the Netherlands. But the newspapers you get all report on various, confused, rumors of upheaval, order being brought, and borders being closed on both sides.
The only way out of Germany immediately is by boat. You do not want to get into a boat. That risks being deported upon arrival, or denied, or worse. But it would get you out of the country, still. And as for waiting… What does that mean to you, you ask yourself? Can you just sit around and wait while the bastards in charge crush opposition enough that you're allowed to escape Germany? When it is, in some way, your own fault?
You sit around for a couple of days, until before you realise it two weeks have passed since you murdered your spouse. Ernst and Trudi have gotten into better moods, but are still confused of where their mother is, and they miss her, and sometimes they even hate you or so they say. You are a single mother of two doing your best, but it is hard, and you shout at them.
You need to avoid spiraling. You need to be moving. But you cannot quite move yet, and the more you do not move the more you realise you need to rest and make sense of everything that has happened. The idyllic peaceful mansion would work to that end. But what trust could you have there? You need to escape and only then can you find peace. But how can you escape a burning building you lit on fire and leave the rest inside?
Maybe easily. Maybe you do not owe the German people, who have given you nothing but shunning, pain, bitterness, anything. Maybe you need to look for you and yours first and- once you've healed- only then think of the rest of the world.
On the second day, new information and offers come from the Chancellor. This time he calls you personally. He apologises for the border situation but says that he and his ministers are working to remedy it as soon as possible. He reiterates that prior offers remain on the table and emphasises the personal autonomy you would have. He also suggests that, if you accepted a diplomatic post for his government, you could probably leave the country with more ease. You would only be required to do a little work to keep up appearances, lest you be suspected and arrested as a spy.
The possibilities interest you. You are not happy, and indeed quite frustrated. You want out, in some way, from this moment where you can do nothing. After a few days, you have realised you found something good in the moment of battle and action. Not the fear, nor the risk, but the agency. The ability to act and control the way the world works.
You do not like going to a border post and being told to turn back. You do not like depending on the will of others and their decisions. You enjoy independence, though not at the cost of risk to your children. Real independence, not that Nietzchean twaddle that speaks of self-control, but the actual unmooring from the world and the capacity to be a decider, not a pawn.
With that in mind, you have to decide what to do.
[] Try to break through to Switzerland without killing anyone. You have powers unseen since the days of the prophets, what is a piddly guards post going to do to you?
[] Accept the previous offer temporarily while things 'settle down'. Take the time to interrogate yourself and nurse your children.
[] Take a trip to Berlin to apply pressure personally on the government, on this and other things. At worst, you're closer to the coast from there.
STATISTICS
Current Status
Private citizen
Sole resident of Munich's finest hotel
Children may sicken soon?
Known Powers
Laser eyes, control UNKNOWN, MEDIUM at minimum
Superstrength?
Invulnerability?
Fourth chapter of the superhuman portion. Zentrum and NSDAP political struggles over Bavaria clearly returning, foreign political situation suspicious. Open to questions.
What things the world has come to. You demand something of the German federal government, and obtain it. Within two days you are furnished a state car, offered a chauffeur (you refuse), given papers and an up-to-date passport, and a briefcase full of money in different currencies.
First of all, you choose to go to Switzerland. The trip is a few hours to the border, but you see the checkpoint is locked. On the German side there is a long queue, but you are allowed through as soon as you wave your special papers. You cross a few meters to the Swiss post, fairly roughshod, and find three serious looking men in official-looking dress.
Two of them tell you the border is closed because of the unrest in Germany, and no one is allowed through. This surprises you, and you try to bluster a little and explain that you have special permission. They do not seem interested in your papers but the third one, silent so far, intervenes and asks you to pass them over. He reads them slowly while you bounce Ernst on your hip. Then he shakes his head.
He seems genuinely sorry when he says that the border is completely closed, but adds that it is probably only temporary and should end when everything dies down. That apologetic look saves him the chance of a fight he could not win. Dejected, you go back to your car and drum your fingers, thinking. Still, Switzerland is not the only option. In Austria they also speak German, so you could get a ship- or perhaps even a plane- ticket out of there.
The same happens on the Austrian border. That is quite disappointing. By then the day is close to ending, so you just make the trip back to Munich and 'check in' at the hotel, leading to a dozen servants scurrying out of the building at top speed. Mayor Karl Scharnagl calls you and asks about the issue, and you reply back; he says he is likely on the way out, but promises to try to help. You have no doubt he wants you out of his city, as does probably every other citizen.
Sleep comes easily despite everything because of the exhaustion. What other options do you have, you consider? France and Poland are both out, they are quite hostile to Germany right now and would have no reason to allow you through. Perhaps Denmark, or the Netherlands. But the newspapers you get all report on various, confused, rumors of upheaval, order being brought, and borders being closed on both sides.
The only way out of Germany immediately is by boat. You do not want to get into a boat. That risks being deported upon arrival, or denied, or worse. But it would get you out of the country, still. And as for waiting… What does that mean to you, you ask yourself? Can you just sit around and wait while the bastards in charge crush opposition enough that you're allowed to escape Germany? When it is, in some way, your own fault?
You sit around for a couple of days, until before you realise it two weeks have passed since you murdered your spouse. Ernst and Trudi have gotten into better moods, but are still confused of where their mother is, and they miss her, and sometimes they even hate you or so they say. You are a single mother of two doing your best, but it is hard, and you shout at them.
You need to avoid spiraling. You need to be moving. But you cannot quite move yet, and the more you do not move the more you realise you need to rest and make sense of everything that has happened. The idyllic peaceful mansion would work to that end. But what trust could you have there? You need to escape and only then can you find peace. But how can you escape a burning building you lit on fire and leave the rest inside?
Maybe easily. Maybe you do not owe the German people, who have given you nothing but shunning, pain, bitterness, anything. Maybe you need to look for you and yours first and- once you've healed- only then think of the rest of the world.
On the second day, new information and offers come from the Chancellor. This time he calls you personally. He apologises for the border situation but says that he and his ministers are working to remedy it as soon as possible. He reiterates that prior offers remain on the table and emphasises the personal autonomy you would have. He also suggests that, if you accepted a diplomatic post for his government, you could probably leave the country with more ease. You would only be required to do a little work to keep up appearances, lest you be suspected and arrested as a spy.
The possibilities interest you. You are not happy, and indeed quite frustrated. You want out, in some way, from this moment where you can do nothing. After a few days, you have realised you found something good in the moment of battle and action. Not the fear, nor the risk, but the agency. The ability to act and control the way the world works.
You do not like going to a border post and being told to turn back. You do not like depending on the will of others and their decisions. You enjoy independence, though not at the cost of risk to your children. Real independence, not that Nietzchean twaddle that speaks of self-control, but the actual unmooring from the world and the capacity to be a decider, not a pawn.
With that in mind, you have to decide what to do.
[] Try to break through to Switzerland without killing anyone. You have powers unseen since the days of the prophets, what is a piddly guards post going to do to you?
[] Accept the previous offer temporarily while things 'settle down'. Take the time to interrogate yourself and nurse your children.
[] Take a trip to Berlin to apply pressure personally on the government, on this and other things. At worst, you're closer to the coast from there.
STATISTICS
Current Status
Private citizen
Sole resident of Munich's finest hotel
Children may sicken soon?
Known Powers
Laser eyes, control UNKNOWN, MEDIUM at minimum
Superstrength?
Invulnerability?
Fourth chapter of the superhuman portion. Zentrum and NSDAP political struggles over Bavaria clearly returning, foreign political situation suspicious. Open to questions.
- Location
- the Republic
- Pronouns
- He/They
[X] Try to break through to Switzerland without killing anyone. You have powers unseen since the days of the prophets, what is a piddly guards post going to do to you?
[X] Accept the previous offer temporarily while things 'settle down'. Take the time to interrogate yourself and nurse your children
A diplomatic post sounds alright. Unfortunately we become an employee of the Third Reich but we get ourselves and the children away and while in a foreign country we are less at threat of spies and kidnappers. On the plus side our protagonist is calming down and being able to think beyond our immediate survival and that of our children. I don't think we'll be able to mount much of a political resistance to Hitler as being openly transgender and having burned down a city earn us no friends in this era, our protagonist is also unlikely to to decide punching the fascism out of Germany is a good idea either. I guess we could try and stick around in Germany and get our protagonist to either see or experience the Nazis doing something to warrant an extreme reaction.
A diplomatic post sounds alright. Unfortunately we become an employee of the Third Reich but we get ourselves and the children away and while in a foreign country we are less at threat of spies and kidnappers. On the plus side our protagonist is calming down and being able to think beyond our immediate survival and that of our children. I don't think we'll be able to mount much of a political resistance to Hitler as being openly transgender and having burned down a city earn us no friends in this era, our protagonist is also unlikely to to decide punching the fascism out of Germany is a good idea either. I guess we could try and stick around in Germany and get our protagonist to either see or experience the Nazis doing something to warrant an extreme reaction.
- Location
- United States
[X] Try to break through to Switzerland without killing anyone. You have powers unseen since the days of the prophets, what is a piddly guards post going to do to you?
I am loath to further traumatize our poor girl, but she is literally bulletproof and laser-eyed. She could TAKE OVER Switzerland if she wanted. a quick zap of a car or maybe a swiss mountain rock-face and everybody runs. Or else.
I am loath to further traumatize our poor girl, but she is literally bulletproof and laser-eyed. She could TAKE OVER Switzerland if she wanted. a quick zap of a car or maybe a swiss mountain rock-face and everybody runs. Or else.
Theaxofwar
Definitely not a Bunny Cat in disguise.
- Location
- Standing right behind you
[X] Try to break through to Switzerland without killing anyone. You have powers unseen since the days of the prophets, what is a piddly guards post going to do to you?
[X] Accept the previous offer temporarily while things 'settle down'. Take the time to interrogate yourself and nurse your children.
Would rather not squander our current diplomatic advantage by becoming an internationally wanted fugitive alongside our kids while we can avoid it. We certainly could use a little self-reflection given the last couple of paragraphs. Speaking of which:
Would rather not squander our current diplomatic advantage by becoming an internationally wanted fugitive alongside our kids while we can avoid it. We certainly could use a little self-reflection given the last couple of paragraphs. Speaking of which:
Sheesh. We're that kind of person now. Understandable character development though.
Yep, we're definitely on a power trip. Is that Max Stirner's egoism I sense?
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[X] Try to break through to Switzerland without killing anyone. You have powers unseen since the days of the prophets, what is a piddly guards post going to do to you?
[X] Try to break through to Switzerland without killing anyone. You have powers unseen since the days of the prophets, what is a piddly guards post going to do to you?